For information, liferea 1.0.23 on latest Edgy behaves as expected (main window hidden and absent from the windows list at start with this option). It has probably been fixed upstream between 1.0.12 and 1.0.23.
Looking at the Changelog.gz file for the Edgy package, I found that, lines 154 through 156, listing changes for 1.0.14 version on 2006-05-29 : * Fixes the --mainwindow-state=hidden behaviour. Until now it had the same effect like --mainwindow-state=iconified. (reported by Sebastian Droege) Does liferea show the main window, or is it iconified (visible in the window list but not shown directly on the screen) ? -- Can't run liferea with main window hidden https://launchpad.net/bugs/61613 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs